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- Subject: Re: First Aid Liability
- Message-ID: <93001.161959ERSHC@CUNYVM.BITNET>
- From: Eric Schweitzer <ERSHC@CUNYVM.BITNET>
- Date: Friday, 1 Jan 1993 16:19:59 EST
- References: <BzF1F1.6CB@undergrad.math.waterloo.edu>
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- In article <BzF1F1.6CB@undergrad.math.waterloo.edu>,
- sdfinuca@cayley.uwaterloo.ca (Sean Finucane) says:
- >
- >I was planning to take standard St. John's First Aid and also CPR next
- >year and was wondering, as the Heading says, about liability.
-
- <lots of stuff, and many good responses deleted>
-
- All answers have so far been from a legal point of view, as was the question,
- perhaps, but I MUST add the following:
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- If you happen upon an accident that requires controle of bleeding, or CPR,
- or any other situation in which 'exchange of bodily fluids' can occure,
- you better protect yourself, or you are liable to get Hep. B or AIDS or ...
-
- If you don't travel with at least rubber gloves and a resuscitation
- mask, then, if you do get involved, be aware that you are liable
- for problems other than legal actions.
-
- (just 2 more pence)
-